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Researched by Lauren M. |
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Project Report
Introduction
I have been dancing
since I was three years old so I have been dancing for six years! One
of my paragraph is going to be about positions. You do them with your
feet. Another paragraph is going to be about turns. You turn on
the ball of our feet. Jumps are one more of my paragraphs you
usual jump up in the air when you are doing a jump in ballet. One
of my last paragraphs is going to be about my interview.
Positions
All
the positions in ballet are called first, second, fourth, and
fifth. We never use third but there is a third position. We
do them at the beginning of ballet class. If you do them right
you will feel the stretch in your leg, you get more flexible, and
stronger.
In order to do first position you put your
heels together and turn your feet out. Second position is almost
like first position but your heels don’t touch. You spread your
feet apart and turn your feet out. Fourth position is a lot
different than first and second position. You put your left foot
back and turn it out to the left. Your right foot directly in
front of your left foot and turn it out to the right. Fifth is
almost exactly the same as fourth position but you still put your left
foot in back and turn it out to the left. And your right foot still
goes in front and is still turned out to the right. But instead
of having your feet apart you put them together. The most common
position is fifth position because you use it for a lot of moves in
ballet.
Grand Jete
In a grand jete you
need to have straight legs, very pointed toes, and you need to know how
to jump very high. That is how you can do one perfect.
These are my favorite ballet step because they are very fun to
do. I love to jump high and split my legs open when I am in the
air. In a grand jete the most important thing is the
landing. It is so important that you land softly because if you
land hard you will sound like an elephant and you could hurt your
ankle.
Chine and Piqué turns
A chine and a pique
are both turns that you do in ballet. To do a chine you do a
chine, you put your arms in a circle like you are hugging a beach
ball. Then you turn around in slow circles. When you
are doing the circle, you whip your head around, that is called
spotting.
A pique turn is almost the same as a chine but
when you are turning in the circle you put your foot by your knee and
point your toe very hard. They are the same because they are both
turns. They are different because in a pique turn you lift your
leg up on your knee. You do them slowly because if you did them
fast you would lose control and get very dizzy.
Pirouette
A
pirouette is just a simple turn, it is still difficult to
do. When you do a pirouette, you lift your left foot up on to
your knee then you turn your left knee to the side. Then when you
are turning with your left foot out to the side you have to spot.
To spot, you need to whip your head around to the front when you are in
the turn. A pirouette is my favorite step in ballet because I
love turning around in circles and it is fun to challenge yourself to
see how many pirouettes you can do.
The reason the
pirouette is hard is because you have to spot, be in the right position
so you will do them right, and you have to control yourself. In
order to do a perfect pirouette, you start by putting your right foot
out to the side and point your toe. Then you put your right foot
in back and then you turn. Your arms go out to the side when your
right foot is out to the side. When your right foot is in back of
your left foot, your right arm goes in front of your face. Then
to end a pirouette you end in 5th position, that is your left foot
behind your right foot. Finally you put your arms down by your
side.
Jete
A jete is not easy because there are three
steps that you have to do right after the other. They become
easier with practice. You start with your right foot out to the
side so it is turned out to the wall. Your left foot is barely
off the ground and it is pointed very hard. The next step
is to spring up in the air so your left foot is in front of your right
foot. To land in a jete, your left foot is the only one that comes down
and touches the ground when you land. Your right foot is right
behind your left leg. Your right foot is resting on your left
foot.
Pointe
Pointe is not the same thing as
ballet. It is not the same because you where different
shoes. Pointe shoes have a big block at the end of them.
Ballet shoes don’t have a block at the end of them. You have to
be about 16 to do pointe because if you were younger than 16 you might
hurt your toes by standing on them so much. This is how you do
pointe you do ballet steps but you are on your toes the whole
time. That is some information about Pointe.
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